Identification of an Astrovirus Commonly Infecting Laboratory Mice in the US and Japan

Terry Fei Fan Ng; Nikola O. Kondov; Nobuhito Hayashimoto; Ritsuki Uchida; Yunhee Cha; Ashley I. Beyer; Walt Wong; Patricia A. Pesavento; Hiroshi Suemizu; Marcus O. Muench; Eric Delwart

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066937

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Identification of an Astrovirus Commonly Infecting Laboratory Mice in the US and Japan

Terry Fei Fan Ng,

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Nikola O. Kondov,

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Nobuhito Hayashimoto,

Affiliation ICLAS Monitoring Center, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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Ritsuki Uchida,

Affiliation ICLAS Monitoring Center, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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Yunhee Cha,

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Ashley I. Beyer,

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Walt Wong,

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Patricia A. Pesavento,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Hiroshi Suemizu,

Affiliation Biomedical Research Department, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Japan
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Marcus O. Muench ,

* E-mail: mmuench@bloodsystems.org (MOM); edelwart@bloodsystems.org (ED)

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Eric Delwart

* E-mail: mmuench@bloodsystems.org (MOM); edelwart@bloodsystems.org (ED)

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Identification of an Astrovirus Commonly Infecting Laboratory Mice in the US and Japan

Terry Fei Fan Ng,
Nikola O. Kondov,
Nobuhito Hayashimoto,
Ritsuki Uchida,
Yunhee Cha,
Ashley I. Beyer,
Walt Wong,
Patricia A. Pesavento,
Hiroshi Suemizu,
Marcus O. Muench

Published: June 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066937

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